Gonzalez, Marquez in action!

Photo: Gabriel F. Cordero

By Gabriel F. Cordero

Promociones del Pueblo has announced the WBC super bantamweight world championship clash between former WBO bantam champ Johnny González and reigning WBC champion Toshiaki Nishioka of Japan on May 23 in the Arena Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Mexican businessmen, Reginaldo and Osvaldo Kuchle have offered two press conferences an in the Federal District and another in Monterrey with the presence of Johnny González, Rafael Márquez and welterweight prospect Alejandro “El Elegido” Barrera among others. It is expected that the event will feature top-level talent with TV in Mexico as well as the United States. Former champion Rafael Marquez will reappear after a year of inactivity against the strong Colombian slugger Jose Francisco Mendoza. Also appearing will be Guadalupe “Bronco” Rosales against Javier Castro, Michael “Murder Man” Medina against Bladimir Hernández, Alejandro Barrera against Honduran Arnold Gamboa at welterweight, and other Mexican prospects such as Juan Carlos Salgado, Marcos “Dorado” Reyes and Victor Zaleta.